Download Kirby

Copy ALL files

You will find the source of Kirby in your download folder, but there's pitfall! By default the Finder does not show invisible files. The .htaccess file, which is needed to generate nice URLs is such an invisible file. So we need to make sure to copy that as well.

Show invisible files

There's a nice free app, which you can use to show invisible files on your Mac called DesktopUtility. Once hidden files are visible in the Finder, your (unzipped) download of Kirby should look like this:

Copy all files from the kirby-2.x.x folder and add them to your corresponding ~/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/kirby-project folder.

That's basically all you need to do to install Kirby on your Mac's local server environment delivered by MAMP. You should now be able to access it at: http://localhost:8888/kirby-project in your browser.